Daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity is associated with better executive functioning in boys with ADHD¶

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q2 i? MVPA significantly predicted Tower of London Total Move Score and Total Execution Time, with higher MVPA associated with better performance; other executive correlations were nonsignificant but in the hypothesized direction. → Berwid Olga G. 2012

Evidence¶

Berwid Olga G. 2012¶

Berwid Olga G., Halperin Jeffrey M. (2012). Emerging Support for a Role of Exercise in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Intervention Planning. Current Psychiatry Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-012-0297-4

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Cross-sectional correlational study by Gapin and Etnier of 18 school-age boys with ADHD who wore accelerometers for seven consecutive days. Correlations for five of six other executive measures with MVPA were nonsignificant but in the hypothesized direction (r's = .20–.45).

"Regression analyses revealed that MVPA was a significant predictor of performance on the Tower of London Total Move Score and Tower of London Total Execution Time such that higher MVPA was associated with lower Total Move Score and faster execution times"

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